The Prosecution of Minors[1]

Notes And Amendments to the Draft Decree

Written:Written March 4, 1920Published:First published in 1933 inLenin Miscellany XXIV.

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      Moscow,Volume 42,

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1)Thetheory of delimitation isno good.

2)Courtsand prisons arecorrupting.

3)Whoknows the psychology of children? The judges or
expert opinion?

4)Specialestablishments?

5)Profiteers,etc.?Recidive?

1)Instructthe Commissariat for Justice by arrangement with the
Commissariat for Public Health, the Commissariatfor Education and the Central Statistical Board to draw up forms of report
for each case of juvenile delinquency.

2)Instructthe Commissariat for Education and the Commissariat for
Public Health to step up activities in the organisation of medical and
educational institutions for defective juveniles.

Instructthe Commissariat for Justice to exercise stricter supervision
over the membership of the juvenile commissions and the way they fulfil
their duties.

[1]Thedraft decree on the prosecution of minors introduced by the
Commissariat for Education was discussed and endorsed with Lenin’s
Amendments at the meeting of the Council of People’s Commissars on March 4,
1920. The decree was published inIzvestiaNo. 51 for March 6
under the heading: “Cases of Juveniles Accused of Socially Dangerous
Acts”.